hey all, i'll probably be posting here more often as you guys seem to have a lot of traffic and hopefully i can share any useful information i have with you.
I was referred to eog by gyno, i've known and conversed with for a number of years.
1. Sharp Sports Betting by stanford wong- one of the first truly good books i've read on gambling.. easily worth the price on amazon.. especially useful is the mention of betting advantage teasers, known as "wong teasers"
2. Win More Lose Less by don peszynski- again not a "handicapping" book, only useful for NFL, and mostly looks at the math behind buying or selling points, teasing sides and totals etc..
3. Weighing the Odds in Sports Betting- by king Yao.. another solid book, again not a handicapping book, a "betting" book. i think there's some useful betting ideas in this book, particularly if you are interested in betting nfl 1st halves, or mlb first halves..a lot of basic stuff, but easily worth the 14 bucks on amazon
4. Beat the Sports Books- by dan gordon.. gordon may be considered crazy from some of his posts on lva (and his disputes with "fezzik") but I highly recommend the book. The handicapping information that i find useful is the "Bettors Toolkit", interesting ideas exist such as "the spread range" emotional letdowns, rout loss and rout wins...
the one fault with this book is that he assigns power ratings through "letter ratings" but he doesnt teach you how to assign a letter rating.. it is basically through his own knowledge of the league and teams....
5. The Unemotional Football Bettor-by scott kellen.. i liked this book, but it is important for the bettor to understand that the win percentage of certain trends found in this book.. one of the pricier books out there at around 40 bucks, i did feel i learned a few interesting pointers... particularly about using sagarin strength of schedule to make adjustments when making a line on college football teams
6. various other things-
just about any post by ganchrow
articles on www.twominutewarning.com... the most important being the article on turnovers in the nfl.
.............books i do NOT recommend...............................
1. education of a sportsbettor by bob mccune.. early on i thought this book was good, but then i realized that none of the ideas on handicapping were applicable to modern sports betting.. waste of 39 bucks
2. how pro gamblers beat the pro football pointspread by JR Miller... really nothing noteworthy in the book, other than is incorrect ideas about how the kelly criterion is flawed..
his idea on how to make a line on a game through "power ratings" is absolutely terrible advice, even though he claims he expects to hit 54% with this simple method, you won't hit more than 50% long term
Plus JR is a losing tout who sells his picks and he's down over 130 units since December of 2005.. stear clear of his website
www.professionalgambler.com
i'll go back to this thread if i can think of anything else
also i recommend reading any of the pinnacle pulse articles
good luck to you all
I was referred to eog by gyno, i've known and conversed with for a number of years.
1. Sharp Sports Betting by stanford wong- one of the first truly good books i've read on gambling.. easily worth the price on amazon.. especially useful is the mention of betting advantage teasers, known as "wong teasers"
2. Win More Lose Less by don peszynski- again not a "handicapping" book, only useful for NFL, and mostly looks at the math behind buying or selling points, teasing sides and totals etc..
3. Weighing the Odds in Sports Betting- by king Yao.. another solid book, again not a handicapping book, a "betting" book. i think there's some useful betting ideas in this book, particularly if you are interested in betting nfl 1st halves, or mlb first halves..a lot of basic stuff, but easily worth the 14 bucks on amazon
4. Beat the Sports Books- by dan gordon.. gordon may be considered crazy from some of his posts on lva (and his disputes with "fezzik") but I highly recommend the book. The handicapping information that i find useful is the "Bettors Toolkit", interesting ideas exist such as "the spread range" emotional letdowns, rout loss and rout wins...
the one fault with this book is that he assigns power ratings through "letter ratings" but he doesnt teach you how to assign a letter rating.. it is basically through his own knowledge of the league and teams....
5. The Unemotional Football Bettor-by scott kellen.. i liked this book, but it is important for the bettor to understand that the win percentage of certain trends found in this book.. one of the pricier books out there at around 40 bucks, i did feel i learned a few interesting pointers... particularly about using sagarin strength of schedule to make adjustments when making a line on college football teams
6. various other things-
just about any post by ganchrow
articles on www.twominutewarning.com... the most important being the article on turnovers in the nfl.
.............books i do NOT recommend...............................
1. education of a sportsbettor by bob mccune.. early on i thought this book was good, but then i realized that none of the ideas on handicapping were applicable to modern sports betting.. waste of 39 bucks
2. how pro gamblers beat the pro football pointspread by JR Miller... really nothing noteworthy in the book, other than is incorrect ideas about how the kelly criterion is flawed..
his idea on how to make a line on a game through "power ratings" is absolutely terrible advice, even though he claims he expects to hit 54% with this simple method, you won't hit more than 50% long term
Plus JR is a losing tout who sells his picks and he's down over 130 units since December of 2005.. stear clear of his website
www.professionalgambler.com
i'll go back to this thread if i can think of anything else
also i recommend reading any of the pinnacle pulse articles
good luck to you all
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